Sidehill-harvester.



C. L. BEST.

SIDEHILL HARVESTER.

APPLIUATION rILBD JULY 2. 1909.

1,020,391 Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1909. 1,020,391. Patented Mar.12,1912.

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C; L. BEST. SIDEHILL HARVESTER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1909.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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A TTURNE Y 4UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

CLARENCE LEO BEST, OF SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE BESTMANU- FACTURING COMPANY, F SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OFCALI- FORNIA.

SIDEHILIl-I-IARVESTER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Application led July 2, 1909. serial No. 505,741.

To all whom-tt may com am: Be it known that I, CLARENCE LEO BEST,citizen of the United States, residing at San Leandro, in the county ofAlameda and 5 State of. California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sidehill- Harvesters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to combined harvesters adaptedy to operate onuneven ground or sidehills.

It especially relates to the class of machines which derive theirprogressive power from horses.

The main object of the present invention its to provide constructions tomeet the difficulties peculiar to the horse'sidehill harvesters andincidentally some of those common to other types. The field of operationv of this class of apparatus and surrounding 'conditions are peculiarlyadverse and unfavorable and these combined cutting, thresh ing, cleaningand sacking, devices are necessarily ponderous, complicated and costlymechanisms. This problem generally stated,

which it is the object of the present invention to accomplish, is toprovide a machine propellable by horses capable of cutting, threshing,cleaning and sacking grain under the -usual eondltions in a better`manner and at a less cost than heretofore, also needing a minimum ofsupervision. Owing to the great bulk of the materials to pass throughsuch machines and the large areas 35 which must be traversed to makethese costly machines commercially available they are necessarily ofgreat weight. Cutting, threshin and cleaning to be eective involve hlghspeed in the working parts.

40 This isespecially so of the peripheral travel of the threshercylinder. These two conditions involving weight of the machine and sleed of the moving parts bring about the e ect that comparative smallpercentage l of the motive power is employed in the ac.-

tual work of cutting, threshing, cleaning v and sacking.` Probably 90%of the work is absorbed in maintainin the travel of the machine andthespee of the operating mechanism, especially the threshing cylind r. Inpractice, little or no difference is distinguishable, in the tractionofthese machines, running empty and in heavy grain.

The factors, weight and friction, thus may become essential elements,and in practice are of vital moment, frequently determining success orfailure.

One of the objects of the present invention is to materially reducetraction expenditure and diminish destructive strains.

Of the many difficulties encountered in practice, not lthe least is thenecessity of crossing, while in operation, dead-furrows, ditches, andother abrupt depressions; steeply rolling land, hog-Wallow land, andaninfinite variety of other forms of sharply uneven-surfaced land. Thus ina machine intended to harvest practically all land which can becommercially cultivated, the capability of rapid adjustability tosurface contour is a commercial sine gua non. To provide controllable,power-operated adjustment between the large cooperating elements, tomeet these conditions is an important object of the present invention.As the threshin machines available for this class of work involvescreens, conveyers and other gravity devices, it is necessary that thesurface-contour adjustability should be of a character to maintain thethresher-cleaner parts transversely horizontal, regardless of the groundslope. And this maintenance of the vertical position of the threshermust not prevent the cutting mechanism from following the varying angleof the surface nor the varying heightof the grain. To keep the threshervertical while the ground angle varies is of curse equivalent tochanging the anular relation of the thresher to the round. bo, though inreality the thresher oes not change from its vertical position, it mustconstantly, by adjustment, change its angle to the rest of the machinein order to preserve its perpendicularity.4 For this reason, in additionto those mentioned, it is important to successful operation that not butthls adjustability must be of a character to maintain the thresher`unchanged in its vertical position. vTo accomplish this etliciently isanother important object of the present invention.

The importance of reducing the draft in ber of horses increases, theskill necessary to handle them increases in much faster ratio; Mencapable of driving ten to twelve horses are comparatively plenty-.thoseequally Skilled'with twentyto forty horses are so scarce as. to rendermachines requiring this horse power, no matter how otherwise efficient,of exceedingly small availability and' use. And,in this sameconnection,the drivers seat being necessarily high'with unobstructedoutlook, he is best situated to control the height of the cut. Thus ifthe number of the horses necessary could be reduced so as not to occupythe drivers whole attention and further if the power needed to adjustthe height of the sickle could be derived from the horses he couldcontrol this part of the operation. Under these conditions, better workwould be done for vthe driver controls the speed of the team, andconsequently the feed of the machine.

This arrangement too would effect the saving of one whole man, a matterof the highest importance in harvest time apart from its direct economy.

The. foregoing indicates another important object of the presentinvention, namely, to provide a combined harvester adapted to becompletely controlled and operated by a crew of two men,--a driver and asacksewer, an accomplishment heretofore deemed impossible.

In some respects horses are a superior motor for this character ofdevice and operation than traction engines. For the reasons hereinbeforereferred to, a great excess of power, over the normal, is required tostart this character of machine into effective motion. llt .is here thatthe essential difference between horse Iand engine traction becomes ofpractical' moment. The traction engine must be made lsufficientlypowerful and heavy to furnish at all times the maximum power needed eventhough this be required Only for a few moments of start-ing, and thepower thereafter needed is but a fraction of this. A smallv team on thecontrary will for the minute of Starting apply a -force many timesgreater than they could maintain as a. steady effort. This is preciselyAwhat is needed inthe present instance.

Steam has however to. a large extent displaced horses as'the. motor forcombinedharvesters owing to the almost insurmountable ditticulties inthe way of utilizing teams of more than twelve to sixteen horses. Thissuggests another object of the invention, which is, to so construct andarrange the illustration.

able form or material. this frame is a supporting and driving -in theireffects and consequences are so far reaching and important as toconstitute the device of this invention a type by itself.

The foregoing described objects are accomplished by 'the devicesillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planview, portions of the structure being removed for clearness of Fig. 2 isan endl elevation lin which some of the parts are omitted and others areshown in section. Fig. 8 is a front elevation showing the arrangement ofthe sickle raising devicein relation to the drivers seat. Fig. l is adetail, ona larger scale, showing the driving connections of thethreshing cylinder. F ig. 5 is a detail on a larger scale, showing thedriving mechanisrn for the header also its supporting and `positionmaintaining devices. Fig. 6 is a scription not essential to the presentdisi,

closure, which relates principally'to means by which thesel elements aremaintained in relation to each other and by which power and motion areeffectively given to their working parts, it is not necessary todescribe these large cooperating elements in detail.

The description hereafter therefore will be restricted largely to thedevices and arrangements peculiar to my invention.'

Referring to the drawings l is a frame or foundation for supporting thethreshing and cleaning structure. It may be of any suit- Journaled in oron wheel or main-wheel 2. Extending beneath the frame transverselythereof and,4 substantially at right angles thereto, is an axle-bar 3 ofa second supporting and driving wheel or grain-wheel 4t which is journaled thereon. The end of bar 3, opposite from the grainwheel 4, lishinged or flexibly connected to the. frame .il preferably at oradjacentto the l plane of rot-ation of wheel 2. I usually place the hingeintermediate of the sides of the wheel. Extending angularly forward froma point near the grain-wheel 4 on bar 3 is a strongy brace 5 the outerend of which is hinged or exibly connected to frame 1 forward of wheel 2and on the same side of and the prolongation of one side of the bar 5constitutes a bearing for said axle 3 of the grain wheel 4. These partsconstitute a powerful brace for the frame, as will be appreciated. i

Attlie forward end of the main frame or foundation is located a suitableguiding and supporting wheel 6 intermediate of and substantiallyequi-distant from wheels 2 and 4. Thus there is formed, for the supportof the thi'eslier or separator a symmetrically disposed triangularwheel-base, having a guidewheel at the apex and a traction powertransmitting vwheel at each of lthe base angles, with the furthercharacteristic that one 'of the'base `wheels is vertically movable, withreference to the other.

Extending upwardly, preferably from and strongly secured to the frame 1and adjacent torwheel 4 above the axle-bar 3, is an abutment frame 7,Fig. 2, whichI show in the form of a guide for and upon which isslidably mounted an abutment block 8. Connecting this block with theaxle-bar 3 at a point adjacent to the wheel 4 is a strong link or brace9. Means are also provided for varying the position of the block 8 uponits guide which I have shown as a screw 1() paralleling the abutmentguide 7, in which guide'the screw maybe journaled. The block 8 isprovided with threads fitting the screw 10 to effect their relativemovement. In the drawings Figs. 2 and 6, I have shown the screw 10 asrotatable and provided at its upper end with a bevel gear 11. .Means areprovided for effecting the rotation of screw 10l in either direction atwill from any suitable power transmitting partiofthe device. I haveshown this screw driving mechanism as a rotating shaft 12 which derivesits rotation through any suitable connection from the wheel 2. Uponshaft 12 are gears 13 and 13 adapted to be thrown into and out ofdriving engagement with gear 11, on opposite sides thereof. Means arealso provided for this engagement of gears 13 and 13 with gear 11 atwill, shown as a handle 14. An automatic disengaging device may also beprovided to limit the verticalvtravel of abutment block 8, which I haveshown as a bell-crank 15 connected to handle 14 at its pivot 16. Atapped arm 17 is provided attached to block 8 or traveling therewith. Arod or link 18 hangs from the bell-crank y15 adjacent to the path oftravel of ta pet arm 17, and on the rod 18 on opposite si es of the arm17 are tappets 19 and. 19 adjustably attached on rod 18 in the pathoftravel of the arm 17, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Extending forwardlyfrom. the pivot of arm 14 and to which this arm -is securely attached Iusually provide a shaft in suitably supported boxes, and also a secondoperating handle 20 within reach of the driver from his seat andlikewise within reach of the sack-sewer from his posit-ion as shown inFigs. 3 and 6.

The grain cutter and thresher-feeder called the header is of ordinaryform eX- cept in those features which I will now describe. In thisconnection it should be noted that the thresher-machine hase constitutesan entirely self-supporting and symmetrical wheel-base of triangularform, capable ofI maintaining the vertical position of the thresher onuneven ground without assist.- ance from the header frame or othersource. I utilize this peculiarity to relieve tlielieader frame of thenecessity of carrying a portion of the weight of the thresher orresisting the racking strains incident thereto. The header frametherefore may be made lighter t-han it could be if called upon to erforma carrying function in addition to its proper dut-ies. The thresher sideof the header is hung to and supported upon horizontally movableconnection or radius arm 21. Arm 21 projects forwardly from .theaxle-bar 3 to which it is pivotally attached. Intermediate of its endsarm 21 isprovided with a roller which rests upon a supporting plate ortrack 23 secured upon brace 5, as shown in the detail Fig. 5. The outeror grain side of the header is supported by a wheel 24, Fig. 1.

As has heretofore been pointed out, the maintenance of a verticalposition in the thresher on unequally varying ground contours isequivalent to an actual oscillatory movement of the thresher with regardto its base l Such oscillatory movement would naturally affect therelation of the header grain-elevator-spout to the grain receiver of thethresher or feeder-house while cutting on an upwardly sloping sidehill.This would, if not provided for, frequently project tlie grain-spout sofar into the feederhouse of the thresher as to materially diminish theavailable space and render it insulicient in heavy grain. To obviatethis difficulty lI provide the radius link 25, one end of which ishinged to the frame 1 and the other end is attached to the header, as

shown in Fig. 1 and also in detail Fi 5. The supports of the header thusdescribed form a pivot upon which the front end of the header with itssickle may be raised and lowered to effect a higher or lower cut. Thesemeans are here shown, as illust-rated in Fig. 3, to consist of a lever26 pivoted transversely of the thresher at the front end thereof at 27 apoint preferably dividing the lever 26 into unequal lengths. To thelonger arm of the lever and depending therefrom is loosely attached aneye-bolt 28 provided with a spring 29, between the eye of the bolt andthe lever. This eye-bolt is connected by a link 30 to a convenientattachment at the front of the header frame, preferably somewhat inadvance of the sickle-bar. Connected with the other end of the lever 26is a substantially similar arrangement of power-driven screw and nut, asthat described forv raising and lowering the brace link 9. The guideframe may however be omitted. Handles are provided for throwing thepower-driven bevel gears into and out of engagement with the screw.These handles, respectively 31 and 82 extend as shown in Fig. 3,-towithin convenient reach of both the driver and the sack-sewer.

rlhe main-wheel 2 is provided with an intei-nal gear 38 which meshesint-o and drives a pinion 34 upon a short ack-shaft or transmissionshaft 35 ournaled on frame 1. Upon the shaft 85 is also secured-a largechainwheel or sprocket-wheel 36 in driving connection with a pinion 87secured upon the shaft 38 of the threshing cylinder 39 which is locatedand journaled in the thresher, `as clearly shownl in Figs. 2 and 4.

The various moving parts of the header, as shown in F ig. 1 and in theenlarged detail Fig. 5, receive their motion froma jackshaft 4()journaled on the header frame adjacent to its connection with thethresher frame. Upon the shaft 40 is slidably secured a sprocket-pinion41 in driving association, by means of a chain, with alargesprocket-wheel 42 secured to the grain-wheel 4. A radius-arm 43 pivotedhorizontally on brace 5 extends forwardly therefrom and engages witha'grooved hub 44 of pinion 41.

In operation and as slope of the ground varies, transversely of themachine, one of the gears 13-13 is thrown into engagement with 1l,raising or lowering the abutment block 8 on the screw 10 as the sloperequires, and thus .maintaining the thresheiI in vertical position. Asthe brace 9 is supported by the 'axle-bar '3 the weight of the thresheris borne directly by the wheel 4 and the line of stress is confined in aplane substantially co-incident with the vertical movement of theyaxle-bar of wheel 4. Thus all'longitudinal strains or the racking andtwisting of the thresher or thresherhousing from this source is avoided.As the block 8 is guided in the frame 7 the screw 10 is relieved fromall but longitudinal strains which `it is naturally adapted to resist.These parts can therefore be reduced in size and weight. The in, or

`thresher side of the header, by the described connections is also borneby the axle-bar 3 independent of the .thresher or thresherhousing.- l

By the described means the adjustment of'the thresher to the slope andthe raising and lowering of the sickle to vary the height of the cut asoccasion requires may be effected by the driver employing the handlesadjacent to his seat or by the sacksewer through the handle near hislocation A vis a slight preponderance of weight on the forward or sickleend. This excess is sustained by the link-bolt 28 and lever 26. Thelink-bolt 28 as described, is free to lift upward without affecting theposition of the lever. rlhe function and object of this arrangement isto provide for the automatic raising of the sickle when encountering ahummock, rock, or other relatively small obstruction. The spring 29under these circumstances acts as a cushion and returns the sickle toits normal position, and permits these automatic adjustments to occurwithout injurious jar v.to the header mechanism.

lt has been found in practice that a peripheral speed of 5000 ft. perminute and over, is desirable for the threshing cylinder. The practicein combined harvesters heretofore has been to secure this speed by highrotational velocity imparted v,to a cylinder of small diameter. Thispractice has been fraught with difficulties and loss. To it is due someof the practical troubles in utilizing horses, and it is alsoresponsible for much of the power and time wastage which it is part ofthe object of the present invention to overcome and avoid. As therotational speed of the traction wheels is necessarily slow, seldom morethan 1Q to 12 revolutions per minute, high rotational speed in thethresher cylinder, under the conditions of practice, involves severalspeed increasing shafts and pulleys with consequent loss of power intheir journals and other pointsof frictiona'l contact. 'The largediameter cylinder of the present disclosure with its direct drivingconnection operates in a manner differentv from the smallhighrotative-speed cylinder of ordinary practice and performs functionspractically impossible to the latter. And it eliminates mechanism`heretofore needed to perform some of these functions. Owing to theHatter arc of the large diameter cylinder the feeder throat is greatlyincreased in available height, and a much greater effective area ofcylinder` is presented to the grain straw with consequent elimination'of 'liability to choke,

vas frequently happens with the small throat of small diameter highrotative speed cylinder. The necessity of beaters, feeders, and thelike, other than the traveling floor draper areeliminated from thefeeder-house thus reducing the feeder-house'to its simplest terms,-which is a most desirable result,

power consuming mechanisms.

The supporting and motion limiting devices for the thresher-side of theheader as itdispenses with fragile, rapid moving,

frame, that is 21-21-25 and 43 a direct 130 in the header whileaccommodating itself to uneven ground and without disarrangement of itsdriving connection with the relatively less movable source of power andmotion. The arm 43 by its engagement with the groove 44 holds thesprocket-wheel 41 in proper relation to the sprocket-wheel 42 whilepermitting endwisemotion of the shaft 40 with the header frame.

Great flexibility between the header and thresher is effected byarrangements just referred to, and this with the described devices formaintaining the thresher vertical permit both the thresherand headerstructures to be very materially lightened in Weight without anysacrifice of requisite strength. The arrangement for power control sogreatly increases the facility of operation that two men can handle themachine effectively.` Thus all the stated objects of the invention areaccomplished ',by means of simple and practical devices.

What I claim is l l. A side-hill harvester comprising a thresher mountedon a leveling base with main-wheel and g1ain-wheel,an axle-bar for thegrain wheel which extends beneath the thresher and is hinged adjacent tothe main-wheel and intermediate the sides of the main wheel, means tomaintain the vertical position `of the thresher on hillsides consistingof mechanismadapted lto effect the hinge movement of the axle-bar on itshinge, and means to cut and feed grain or the like to the thresher.

2. A side-hill harvester comprlsing a thresher -mounted on a levelingbase with a main-wheel and a grain-wheel, an axle-bar for the grainwheel which extends beneath the thresher and is hinged adjacent to themain wheel, means to maintain the vertical position of the thresher onsidehills consisting of a screw adapted to effect the hinge movement ofthe axle-bar onits hinge, and means to cut and feed grain or the like tothe thresher. v

3. A side-hill harvester comprising a thresher mounted on a levelingbase with main-wheel and grain-wheel, an axle-bar for the grain wheelwhich extends beneath the thresher and is hinged adjacent to themain-wheel, means to maintain the vertical position of the thresher onhillsides consisting of a rotatable screw and an abutment-block movablethereby, a guide for the block, a link-brace between the block andaxle-bar to effect the hinge movement of the axle-bar on its hinge, andmeans to cut and feed grain or the liketo the thresher.

i 4. A side-hill harvester comprising. a thresher mounted on 4a levelingbase wlth main-wheel and grain-wheel, an axle-bar for the grain-wheel,which extends beneath the thresher and is hinged adjacent to the mainwheel, means to maintain the vertical position of the thresher onhillsidesconsisting of a rotatable screw and an abutment movablethereby, a guide for the abutment, a

link between the abutment and axle-bar, power connections engagcable atwill to effect the rotation of the screw and the hinge movement of theaxle-bar on its hinge, and means to cut and feed grain or the like tothe thresher.

5. A side-hill harvester comprising, a thresher mounted on a frame, amain-wheel and a guide-wheel journaled on the frame, a grain-wheeljournaled on an axle-bar which extends beneath the frame and is hingedthereto, a brace attached to the axlebar and which extends forwardly toa hinge whereby it -is connected to the frame, connections between theframe and axle-bar adapted to effect the hinge movement of the axle-baron its hinge and maintain the position of the thresher, and means tocutand feed grain or the like to the thresher.

6. A side-hillI harvester com rising, a

thresher mounted on a leveling ase with main-wheel, grain-wheel andguide-wheel, an axle-bar for the grain-wheel which eX- tends 4beneaththe thresher and is hinged adjacent to the main-wheel, means to maintainthe vertical position of the thresher on hillsides by hinge movement ofthe axle-bar, a header to'cut and feed grain or the like to the thresherto which it is attached by 4a link, and flexible attachlnents to the`axlebar to support the header. 7.' A side-hill harvester, comprisin athresher mounted on a frame, a main-w eel and a guide-wheel journaled onthe frame, a grain-wheel journaled on an axle-bar hinged to the frame, aheader to cut and feed grain or the like to the thresher supported upona horizontally movable connection projecting from the' axle-bar tosupport the header.

8. A side-hill harvester comprising, a thresher with a side openingfeeder-house and mounted on a wheel base, an axle-bar for thegrain-wheel ofthe base which is hinged to permit of its vertical arcmovement, means to maintain the vertical position of the thresher by thehinge movement of the axle-bar, a header having a feederspout to carryain through the feederhouse opening,'a orizontal arm between the headerand axle-bar and a vertical arm between header and thresher wherebythrough the co-action of the two arms the header is supported and theposition of the feederspout is controlled. i

9. A side hill harvester comprising a thresher mounted on a levelingbase with a main wheel and a grain wheel, an axle bar for the grainwheel which extends beneath the thresher transversely of thelongitudinal axis thereof and is hinged adjacent the main wheel.adjacentthe end of the axle thereof, means to maintain the verticalposition of the threslier on hillsides by the hinged movement of theaxle-bar, a threshing cylinder on a rotatable shaft, power connectionsfor driving the cylinder consisting of an internal gear on the mainwheel, a

counter shaft joiirnaled on the frame, a pin-,

ion on the counter-shaft meshing'witli the gear, a sprocket-wheel on thecounter-shaft, a sprocket-pinion on the cylinder shaft, a sprocket-chaindirectly connecting the sprocket wheel and. pinion, and means to cut andfeed grain or the like to the o vlinder.

10. A side hill harvester comprising a thresher,` a wheel base thereforincluding a thresher supporting frame, a main wheel, a grain wheeljournaled on an axle bar hinged tothe frame adjacent to the main wheel,a header flexibly connected to the thresher frame to cut and feed grainto the thresher, power connections between the inain wheel and thresherfor operating the latter, and power connections between the grain wheeland header for operating the latter.

11. -A side hill harvester comprising a thresher, a wheel base thereforincluding a thresher supporting frame, a main wheel, a grain wheeljournaled on an axle bar hinged to the frame adjacent to the main wheel,a header flexibly connected to the thresher frame to cut andfeed grainto the thresher, power 'connections between the main wheel and thresherfor loperating; the latter, power connections between the grain wheeland header for operatingthe latter,

and means for raising and lowering the sickle end of the header wherebythe height of the cut may be varied. i

12. A wheel-base for side-hill harvesters comprising, athreslier-supporting-frame, a mainswheel and a guide-wheel journaled onthe frame, a grain-wheel journaled on an axle-bar hinged to the frameadjacent to the main-wheel, and means for effecting the hinge movementof theaXle-bar on its hinge.

18. A- wheel-base for side-hill harvesters comprising, athreshensupporting-frame, a main-wheel and a guide-wheel journaled onthe frame, a grain-wheel journaled on an axle-bar hinged to the frameadjacent to the main-wheel, a vertically movable brace-link attached tothe axle-bar and connecting it to power means for effecting the hingemovement of the axle bar.

14. A wheel-base for side-hill harvesters comprising, athreslier-supporting-frame, a main-wheel and a guide-wheel journaled onthe frame, a grain-wheel journaled on anv axle-har hinged to the frameadjacent to the main-wheel and movable in a plane at right latter, powerconnections between the grain. j

wheel and header for operating the latter, and means for raising andlowering the sickle end of the header whereby the height of the cut maybe varied, consisting of engageable and Adisengageable power connectionswhereby the height of the cut is varied at will.

16. A side hill harvester comprising a tliresher mounted ona levelingbase with a main Wheel and a grain wheel separated laterally from oneanother, an axle bar projecting between the respective wheelsintermediate the sides thereof and beneath the thresher, the grain wheelbeing mounted on the axle bar at one end thereof and the opposite end ofthe axle bar being pivoted at a point adjacent the end of the axle ofthel main wheel, a brace bar projecting-at an angle forwardly fromtheaxle bar adjacent its point of connection with the grain wheel andpivoted to the frame to swing vertically at a point in substantialalinementwith the main wheel, and means for adjust-in g the axle barvertically comprising a pivoted link connected to the bar, and means foradjusting said lilik vertically.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CLARENCE Lno BEsfi.

Witnesses:

1F. O. Mareas, H. C. BARTON.

